/**
 * Mogwai ERDesigner. Copyright (C) 2002 The Mogwai Project.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
 * Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */
package de.erdesignerng.dialect;

import de.erdesignerng.model.Attribute;

import java.io.Serializable;

public interface DataType extends Serializable {

	String getName();

	boolean isDomain();

	boolean supportsSize();

	boolean supportsFraction();

	boolean supportsScale();

	boolean supportsExtra();

	boolean isJDBCStringType();

	String createTypeDefinitionFor(Attribute aAttribute);

	boolean isIdentity();

	boolean isArray();

	int[] getJDBCType();

	String getDefinition();

	boolean isSpatial();
}
